The Week contest: Fancy Coffee - May 14, 2010
A café has begun selling $12 cups of coffee. Please give the new coffee an appropriate name
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Results: We asked you to name the $12 cup of Ethiopian coffee a trendy Brooklyn café is now selling to well-heeled hipsters. You were in grande form with:
FIRST PRIZE: Mocha Dinero
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Tammis Dowling, Landenberg, PA
SECOND PLACE: Cost-a-latte
Rachel Blackburn, Rockville centre, NY
THIRD PLACE: Brokefast blend
Will Brinkley, Tucson
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Excesso
Frank Lyons, Trenton, NJ
Chock Full o’ My Weekly Coffee Budget
Judith Klein, Frisco, TX
Café au My God!
Gary Hennion, New York City
Sucker Punch
Ashley Ryan, Catonsville, MD
Joe Mama!
Gary Cullen, North Canton, OH
Surely it must be Joe King!
Debbie Later, Valencia, CA
Haile Priced Selassie
Phil White, Flushing, NY
Ethiopenyourwallet
Pat Smith, Playa del Rey, CA
Cream of Sheba
Todd S. Hyatt, North Grafton, MA
Madness Ababa
Chris Wright, North Hollywood, CA
Two Weeks Pay in Ethiopi-ay
Thomas J. Knott, Amherst, NH
Ka-Ching-accino
Carol Blackburn, Rockville Centre, NY
Cashachino
Samantha Balistrieri, Haskell, NJ
Gyppy Cup
Terry Johnson, Chicago
Twelve Buck Chuck
Juli Hanssen, St. Louis Park, MN
Chock Full o' Bucks
Jeffrey Contompasis, Ashburn, VA
Ripoffachino
Ivy Kaplan, St. Louis Park, MN
The “Buddy can you spare 12 bucks for a cup of coffee?" special
Steve Kaplan, St. Louis Park, MN
The, “I could have saved 12 children from Malaria!” blend
Nadine Skinner, Richmond, TX
"This is a stick up!" coffee
Evan Martinez, Los Angeles
I'll have a "To hell with retirement" please
Rhys Gerholdt, Washington, D.C.
The Drip Off
Gloria Wiedman, Haiku, HI
Goldbean Sachs
Chris Hsu, San Mateo, CA
Just Four Easy Payments!
Lisa Katz, Cherry Hill, NJ
Down the Drain
Charlie Thanas, Leicester, MA
Bean-Had
Charlotte Hanna, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Livin' La Vida Mocha
June Johns, Las Vegas, NV
Cafe Au (Ken) Lay
Carole Mendelsohn, Palm Springs, CA
C.R.O.C. (Cup of Ridiculously Overpriced Coffee)
Frank Tedeschi, Rochester Hills, MI
Screw Yew Brew
John Donnelly, Woodstock, GA
StarveBucks
Ray Shufelt, High Point, NC
Cof It Up!
Gloria J Walker, Sunbury PA
Beans for Brains
John W. Stinson, Springfield, MO
Fool's Bold
Kathy W. Hughes, Memphis
Cafe au Laitaway
Clyde Bachelor, Warrenton, MO
Grounds for Divorce
Steve Kaplan, St. Louis Park, MN
The "Let's not meet for coffee" coffee
Molly Kaplan, St. Louis Park, MN
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